The latest web browser coming to Opera’s roster embraces AI agents that aim to use the internet for you.
The Norwegian tech company describes Opera Neon as an “agentic browser” that has contextual awareness and performs tasks on the users’ behalf, including researching, building, and designing whatever you need.
Oddly, Opera announced a Neon browser in 2017 that never took off.
“We’re at a point where AI can fundamentally change the way we use the internet and perform all sorts of tasks in the browser,” Opera senior AI product director Henrik Lexow said in the company’s press release.
Details about Neon are currently slim, which is the fifth browser in Opera’s quiver, after announcing its mindfulness-focused Air browser in February.
AI agents that want to use the internet for you are embraced by the newest web browser to join Opera’s lineup. Opera Neon is a contextually aware “agentic browser,” according to the Norwegian tech company, that does tasks for users, such as researching, creating, and designing whatever they need.
Surprisingly, Opera never made a splash with their Neon browser announcement in 2017. This time, we will see if it is more successful.
Opera senior AI product director Henrik Lexow stated in the company’s press release that “we’re at a point where AI can fundamentally change the way we use the internet and perform all sorts of tasks in the browser.”. Opera Neon makes this accessible to our users. “.”.
One noteworthy early adopter feature is an AI engine that, according to Opera, is “capable of understanding and interpreting” user requests before producing them with the aid of cloud-based AI agents. Neon, for instance, can create games, reports, code snippets, and websites, according to Opera, and it can continue working on several projects even when the user is not online.
Apart from that, Neon provides AI tools that are comparable to those in OpenAI’s Operator and Microsoft’s Copilot. Neon users can search the web, get “contextual information” from the webpage they are currently viewing, and respond to inquiries using a chatbot interface, according to Opera. Opera Neon also has an AI Agent called “Browser Operator,” which Opera first unveiled in March. This agent enables users to automate common online tasks like shopping, completing online forms, and making reservations for events or lodging. Opera claims that in order to maintain security and privacy, the tool interacts with web page content locally on the browser.
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